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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30
TnE OPIUM HABIT.


The New York papers lately published a
very pathetic story about q very popular
emotional actress. 1t was to the effect that
she had become a confirmed victim OF the
opium habit. involving an almost total loss
OF physical and mental powers. and actual
restitution.
The story was at once denied by her
friends. who say she has suffered simply from
nervous pr~ostration. is in no need Of pecun-
larry aid. and is on tho way to speedy re-
coyery.
Opium victims are usually hopeless. help
less slaves. mind weakened. lacking energy
for any effort toward recovery. rapidly
drifting into imbecility n untimely graves.
A peculiar feature Is that victims crafty
conceal 1t from their nearest friends. A
young lady ut school near Philadelphia was
recently found to be secretly addicted to it.
keeping her medicine" in q school-room
inkstand, and injecting the fluid into her
arm with a stylographic pen!
In the Chicago Farm, Field and Stockm0n.
September "A. 1887. is this letter signed s.
T. o.. from Barstow. KY: i missed the
paper that had my letter in, so / did not
know that you made the request to know
what 1t was / used to break up the morphine
habit. until l got a letter from a gentleman
asking Information. Ishould have answered
sooner. 1t was Warmers safe cure. should
have given it when ] wrote the letter. but it
looked too much like an advertisement
49,
the claim made by the proprietors OF War
ners safe cure, that il is the only remedy in
he world which has any decided power
over diseases Of the kidneys and liver, and
that this terrible habit cannot be cured I'M
til these organs have first been restored to
full health. because they are the ones chiefly
affected by this drug.
Editor William A.. Bode. Of Alton, ILL.,, was
completely cured of the opium habit. ac-
CURED by long use Of a painful malady. with
Warmers safe cure. 1t ann be cured at
all if the kidneys and liver are diseased.
It is not claimed that there is anything In
Warmers safe cure alone which will do away
with the habit. except that it puts the kid
neys and liver in a healthy condition. CIV
ing the whole system that strength and tone
without which any attempt to throw of the
habit. would be vain.
1t is because physicians have discovered
that no other remedy is so beneficial in re-
storing health to the liver. kidneys and gen.
eral system as the one stated that it has
come into general use in connection with the
special remedies for the cure of the dread
full opium habit.
One of the worst features OF the opium
habit is the deadening Of mental and moral
sensibilities in proportion as 1t weakens the
physical system and the will power.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30
American Watches.

The capacity Of our watch factories
cannot be brought into full play, sim.
ply because by so doing our market
would be overstocked and competition
would force prices ruinously low. As
watch factories have been called into
existence, for which really there was
no need. The earlier and larger fac
tories were fully able to meet the de-
mand; but the idea that manufacturing
watches was one of the most profitable
enterprises, tempted quite a number OF
capitalists to take o hand in the bust
ness, and in many instances to their
sorrow. Already the evil consequence
of OVERRIDING the thing shows itself in
the effort to make cheap watches, and
before a great while we may see the
manufacturers of watches reduced to
the level of making cheap clocks.
Looking at the matter from another
standpoint, we will soon come to the
conclusion that our watch industry is
only in it's infancy. At the present
moment Switzerland makes watches in
point of number far in excess of Amer.
lea and the watches made in Switzer-
land are all exported, while the watches
made in America are principally for the
home market. AS there is no question
of q doubt that while America can pro.
duce better modern-priced watches
than Switzerland and give more value
for the money expended, the question
presents itself, why not seek foreign
markets theoretically than we
have done? Some of our old watch
factories are doing IN export business.
but it seems as though it is not done
with that zeal and energy that charac-
teriZe the Swiss export trade. In one
particular the Swiss differ from us in
their export trade; they study the
wants and purchasing capacity Of their
foreign customers and make goods to
meet these. As far as it is known to
the uninitiated, n manufacturers have
done these thing but to a very limited
extent. The writer, coming in contact
some time g with the chairman of the
East India Navigation Company, was
told that this gentleman would place o
very large continuous order, if he could
be supplied with watches which were
fair time-Eeepers in metal cases at IS
each. That such watches can be pro-
duced at a very fair profit, there is no
shadow of a doubt, and we know whereof
We speak. All we would have to do
would be to find out the wants and fur
nish samples. Australia and Asia are
now and will be excellent markets,
and by expedition and energy we can
secure the bulk of the trade of these.
The watch wearing and purchasing ca
pacity of the globe is enormous and can
be developed in such q manner that we
may at some future day wonder that we
did not tap the mine sooner. -JeUelry
No7ro
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tion. At last, having saving "A. With
the scantiest Of luggage she journeyed
TO Helsingfors, and il defance OF OPP
position, chiefly feminine, such a. 9
more advanced society can form no SON
ception Of, Irene prepared for her or
deal. She paid her lodging Ia advance
for the whole winter (f3) and invested
in four loaves Of the hard round rye
biscuit of Scandinavia and Finland,
which keeps many months, dividing
them methodically 80 that abe had .
piece for each day till Christmas. In
the depth of winter she worked with
out a fire. at q temperature Of 30 de-
grees. Celsius, a kind professor,
taught her Latin, moved by her assur-
ance that unless she learned it she could
neither live content nor die happy.
Her progress was most rapid; she ma
circulated, taught awhile again for the
sake of her family. renewed her own
studies, took q brilliant degree, and, at
last, recognized by her nation for what
she is, the dauntless pioneer OF wo-
mans progress, she now lives honored
and appreciated, still educating her
brothers, still thirsting insatisbly after
truth.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30
SuDerstitions About babies.

It 10 believed by many that il q
child cries at its birth and lifts mp only
one hand, il is born to command.
It II thought very unlucky not to
weigh the child before it is dressed.
When first dressed the clothes should
not be put on over the head but drawn
on over the feet, for luck.
When first taken from the room in
which it Wa born it must be carried
up-stairs before going down, 90 that il
will rise in the world. In any case it
must be carried up stairs or up the
street, not down stairs or down the
street, the first time it is taken out.
II Is also considered in England and
Scotland unlucky to cut the baby's
nails or hair before it is twelve months
old.
.Bcrn on Monday, fair In the face;
Born on Tuesday, full Of Gods grace;
Born on Wednesday. the best to be had;
Born on Thursday, merry and glad;
Born on Friday, worthily given;
Born on Saturday, work hard for q living;
Born on Sunday. shall never know want"
b known with very few changes all
' the Christian world one deviation
from the original makes Fridays child
Stree in giving" Thursday has one
very lucky hour just before sunrise.
sThe child that 10 born on the Sabbath day
Il bonny and good and blithe and gay
While
b who u born on New Years morn
Win have his own way ~ SURE - you're born
And
.Hs who 10 born on an Easter morn
shall never know care, or want. or HARM
-H0TpoFso BdGdr.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30

Many persons are troubled with a chronic
tendency to constipation. They are OF bilious
temperament. The complaint TO which they
are subject. though easily remediable by judi
cious treatment. is, in many cases. aggravated
by q resort to drastic purgatives and chola-
gogues. As the human stomach and bowels
are lined with a delicate membrane, and not
with vulcanite, they cannot stand prolonged
drenching with such medicines without serious
injury. Nothing restores and counteracts iii
habitual tendency to constipation so effectually
as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Its laxative
effect is gentle and progressive. 1t neither
convulses nor weakens the intestines, and its
effects are u~naccompanied by gripping pains. 1t
arouses the liver when the organ is slu sgish,
promotes digestion, and encourages appetite
and sleep. For fever and ague, kidney troubles,
nervous complaints, and incipient rheumatism,
il is incompatible. Take q wineglass before
meals and see how soon you will relish hem.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30
A Champagne Dinner for Paupers.

At the Islington board of guardians
yesterday it was reported that on the
previous day Mr.. Elliot the vice-chair-
man Of the board, took a party of fifty
old men and fifty old women from the
work-house for a days outing to Bur-
ham beeches. They were driven down
in four brakes and were provided with
dinner, including fowl, fish, joints,
vegetables, %jellies, and tarts, and fin
ishing up with ice-pudding. Cham
payne was also provided. The old
people behaved themselves exceedingly
well, and all returned perfectly sober.
London Standard.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30
What Will BE the Result.

Customer ito tailor)-''Do you make
the new style of dress coat, designed
to distinguish a gentleman from a
waiter?"
TaiIor-"Yes, sir"
Customer believe you may take
my measure"
Tailor taking his measure)-"Where
NAV | have the pleasure of sending the
coat SIR"
CustOmer-''The Hoffman,"
Tailor-You are a guest there, !
suppose, sir?"
Customer-'No, I'm one of the watt
ers."-Ncp York san.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30

Two Chicago Friends tom. I hear
that you are engaged to Miss Spider"
"Yes."
"But you do not intend to marry
herr"
"Why not?"
"Is it possible that you have not
heard?"
"Heard what?"
"That she has, at different times, sued
Eve men for breach of promise ?"
Eyes, / heard that"
@And still you intend to marry her ?"
sOf course. She won ell the suits,
and Is ! am q lawyer. / cannot help but
admire her skill. She will make me An
able partner, old boy, and business d
% slow with me that / cannot afford 70
III such aH opportunity slip through
~ anesfks-7rknsss6D 1t&SSlee.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30
How the Nation Grew Rich.

The American colonists imported
sheep, forbade their expectation and
encouraged and even enforced the spin
ming and weaving of wooden cloth to be
worn by the people. William Penn
fostered and protected varied home in
dustries and productions, while En-
gland, on her part, did what she could
to discourage and suppress colonial
manufacturing; SO the colonies were
kept permanently poor. The Revolu-
tionary war acted as a high tariff. In
1887, Congress saw the right to levy
duties on imports. George Washing
ton showed himself in sympathy with
the protection idea by delivering his
inaugural address in q suit OF WOODEN
clothing manufactured in Philadelphia.
It was against the natural course of
things, "from England's standpoint, I"
when America manufactured anything
which England wanted to sell her. In
1928, America had her first adequate
protective tariff. The tariff Of 1862,
the best the country had ever known,
produced a period OF unexampled pros
perity. Reductions of tariff created
financial crashes. The tariff of 1862
was the work Of statesmen. Under it
we have lived substantially for a quarter
Of q century and enjoyed a season OF
unparalleled prosperity. Henry Diston
sells his saws in Sheffield. American
women now American silks, the
best in the world. More carpets are
now made in Philadelphia than are
made in all England. and q good Ameri.
can watch car now be bought for $40.
American manufacturers employ Ameri.
can labor. Free trade would bring
America down to the condition of Ire.
land. The nation must always be in q
condition to provide for oil its necessi-
tics -prnf ThOnnen1a
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30

And all diseases of the Throat and Lungs, can
be cured by the use of SCOTS Emulsion, as 1t
contains the healing virtues of Cod Liver Oil
and Hypophosphites in their fullest form. Is
. beautiful creamy Emulsion, palatable IS
milk, easily digested, and can be taken by the
most delicate. Please read: Il consider
SCOTS Emulsion the remedy par excellence in
Iuberculous and Strumous Affections, to say
nothing of ordinary colds and throat trou-
bles. w. r. s CORNELL, NJ. D., Manchester,
Ohio,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30
"What Drug Will Scour These En-.
1lish Hence -

Wicked Macbeth, who murdered good King
Duncan, asked this question in his despair.
Thousands of victims of disease are daily
asking 3What will scour the impurities from
my blood and bring me healthy" DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery will do it. When
the purple life-tide lis sluggish, causing drow-
siness, headache, and loss Of appetite, use
this wonderful v~italizer, which never fails 1t
forces the live- INTO ps-fac. action, drives ont
superfluous bile, brings the glow Of health 10
the cheek, and the natural sparkle to the eye
All druppisfS
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30
Manufacture Of Damascus, Blades,

A German paper says that there ID
no longer any sword-making industry
in Damascus. What was once known
as the sword trade is now occupied with
converting the blades of old saws and
pieces of ordinary iron into daggers,
and cheap swords and rifles Of Solingen
and Birmingham make are brought up,
finished, and decorated in Oriental style,
and put upon the market a. weapons oil
Arabian and Damascus origin.-Neu
York Tribune.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30
4 Pleasure sAarsl y Wsnen O.ly.

1lAlhsrbA tAe 9ifted French author. do
clared that Of al things that man possesses.
women alone take pleasure in being possessed
This seems generally true Of the sweeter sex.
Lake the ivy plant she longs for an object to
cling 10 Andl ove-to look to for protection.
This being her ~prerogative, ought she not to
be told that DR.. Pierce's Favbrite Prescription
10 the physical salvation Of her sexs II ban
ishes those distressing maladies that make her
life . burden, curing al painful irregularities,
uterine disorders, Inflammation and ulcers
ton. prolapsus and kindred weaknesses. AZ
. ~nervine, 1t cures nervous exhaustion, pros
t~ration, debility, relieves mental anxiety and
hypochondria, INT promotes refreshing sleep.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30
Rank Rnow.Nothlngism.

lst American-It seems to me that
We ! acquiring a very Objectionable
foreign population.
and ditto-Thatis what I think: il I
lad my way I'd restrict foreign immi-
grafton.
*How would you 60 st it's
Every immigrant should be required
70 reside il the country five years and
learn to read and write the English
language before he would be allowed
10 lAnd.Y-1frGs 6iti;ngs.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30

a portrait Of Mazeppa, painted from
life, has been discovered ct Kief, in
Southern Russia, and u being engraved
BY the Russian academician. Demetcry
Kowkosky. u will surprise nearly
every one who hears that MAzeppa was
: real living man, who could Sit for his
p~ortrait-he seems 30 like . purely
mythical being, like B~ellerophon, OF
like b Of the Amazons. Yet he was
: real man, and cut quite 4 figure in his
part Of the world some 200 years ago.
Joan Stephanovitch Mazeppa was q
CcssAck. who made successful war upon
the savage Tartars who desolated
Southern Russia, driving them back to
the Caspian. This so recommended
him TO Peter the Great that he invited
the Cossack to his Court and covered
him with honors and gifts. But when
Peter sent him against the invading
6wedes, under Charles XII, he be-
trayed the Russian and went over, with
his followers, 10 the enemy. Peter de-
feated them both and drove them into
Turkish territory, whore, fearing to fall
into the hands OF his former relentless
master, Mazeppa killed himself. He
had before this hidden ell the treasures
which be had amassed in his wars and
through gifts from those he had served
in caverns in the hills around Kief. The
portrait discovered was probably
hidden at this time
The incident by which alone we know
him actually did occur. He was by
birth q Cossack, but when very young
he wa sent to serve as o page in the
Court OF the Polish King. There his
beauty and bravery won him great
favor, especially with the ladies. With
one Of them, the wife of q certain no.
BILE, he Was suspected of too great
friendliness, and the jealous husband,
in revenge, ordered him to be bound
naked to the back of q wild horse that
had never been ridden.
The horse was o Tartar from the
Steppes, and when loosed he rushed
madly back to his native country, with
the unwilling rider bound to his back.
The Cossacks received the unhappy
youth when nearly dead with exhaus-
ton. and he grew up among them, re-
mArkable for strength and bravery.
Byron got his story out Of Voltaire's
Life OF Charles KILL" and worked it
up into his dashing and attractive
poem.
A story SO dramatic was at once
seized upon for adaptation to the stage,
and it was presented as early as 1875 by
an Englishman named Hunter. He
was also q very handsome man and made
. great stir in London.
The picture of Mazeppe bound to
the horses back, which everybody
knows 80 well, was painted by Horace
Vernet, one Of the greatest OF French
artists yernet, of course. got his in
SEPARATION from Byron, to whom we all
owe whatever knowledge we may have
Of the brilliant Cossack rider and
soldier.
Mazeppa's real motives for betraying
Peter are not certainly known. The
Poles, who look upon him as q hero,
always maintained that he had in view
the welfare of the Polish nation. and
they point to the fact that he stipulated
with tho Swedish King for the indie
pendence Of Poland. London En-
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30

REsoLuTE Old Lady on the ferry
Young man l wish you'd throw away
that nasty cigar; it's making me sick.
Wavering Young Man, meekly COM
pliant-Me tOO.-BrOOkiyn EdqIe.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30

THERE were 1868 photographers il
the United States in 1870 and $3.50 in
1880. There are now about 11,OW per-
sons engaged in the business IN this
country. s
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To the Editor Please inform your readers
that ! have a positive remedy for the above-
named disease. BY its timely use thousands of
hopeless cases have been permanently cured. I
shall be glad to send two bottles Of my remedy
FREE to any Of your readers who have consump-
ton if they will send me their Express and
p. O. address. Respectfully.
7. A. SLOCUM. NJ. c., ls1 Pearl st., N. Y,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30

LITTLE BoY-Pa, what does "phe-
nomenal" mean?
Father-It is a word used by the
citizens of Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and
Nebraska when they refer to the
growth Of their respective towns. It
doesn't mean much.-Puck.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30

SOME people are very stupid about Jokes
A man who sits down on Il bent pin may not
care TO see the point, but he is bound to ad-
mil IL
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30

AN Oregon man wants TO trade a mule for
a wife. Some men never know when they are
well OF!
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30

IA CIGAR" remarked old Topcol, lis like
an ad advertisement; the less it costs tho more
putting il wants. "-Burlingt0n Haickeye.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30

EVERY man has 240 bones, except the min
strel end-man, who has PA.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30

ASK your shoe and hardware dealers for
Lyons Heel Stiffeners; they keep boots and
shoes straight
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30

A clergyman, after years of suffering from
that. loalhsome disease, Ca,arrh, and vaitly
trying every known remeuy, at last found q
pre- sc lp'ion which completely cured and
saveo him 4 om death. Any sufferer from this
dreadful disease sonding q elf-addressed
2l2 East Ninth street, will receive the recipe
free Of charge.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30

bymptoms-MC sure; intense itching and
etinging; most at night; worse by scratching.
IL allowed to continue tumors form. which
often bleed and ~ulcerate, becoming very sore.
Swayne's Ointment stops the itching and
removes the tumors 1t is equally ef6cacjons
In curing all Skin Diseases. DR.. Swayne n
Son, Proprietors. Philadelphia Swayne's
Ointment can be obtained Of druggists, or by
mail
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30

An Extended Popularity. Browns
BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs have for mspy Years
been the most popular article in use for reIiey-
ing Coughs and Throat troubles.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30

WHEN the stolen carcass of a beef was
found In a Jersey butchers wagon, it was
"a dead give away" was
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30

GRAIN merchants seldom indulge in short
stories: they prefer cereals.-Bpsto Courier.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30

The glutton that cram, up with poultry is
. choke-bore fowling piece Honkers Co
zette.
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Catarrh Cured.

THE Germans may not care much for
watermelons, but they always keep a watch
on the Rhine.-Terds Siftiugs.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30
Consumption Surely Cured.

ALL dogs have their daze when hit with
club.-NeU York Journal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30

WHEN everything else fails, DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy cures.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30

S%IMPLEToNs in council never simplifv mat.
tara ""'
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30
Ringing Noises

THE key to many troubles 10 whiskey.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-11-30

WHY are we so often bid to take care? BE
cause II comes often enough whether we want
il or not.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-11-01

buyers, you are Interested in our
bargains this week. 1t you need a
-ult Of clothing this week, you can
save moncy-yes, big money this
week. 1t you won't any underwear
you can save oncy this week by com
ing direct to us, and taking advantage
# our immense reductions. Levine
Bros.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-11-01

Something that's extra rare and
beautiful, those imported models or
art studys Just received at the Lion
Drug store. 4 he sty les and finish are
Cf The latest production.